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What Did Kathy Griffin Say About Her Cameo On Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia )

Kathy Griffin had only three lines in Pulp Fiction, but it was enough to land her a place in Quentin Tarantino’s hall of quirky cameos. And, it turns out, she scored that blink-and-you’ll-miss-it role thanks to a short-lived romance with the Pulp Fiction mastermind himself.

In the classic 1994 cult film, Griffin appeared briefly in the scene where Marsellus Wallace (played by Ving Rhames) got hit by a car. As he stumbled to his feet, dazed and bleeding, Griffin’s character rushed to help. “If you need someone to go to court, I would be glad to help,” she rattled off (via Cheat Sheet). “That guy was a drunken maniac. He hit you, then he crashed into that car.” And with that, she vanished from the screen, but not from fans’ memories.

What is the role that first comes to mind when you think of Tim Roth? Is it the clumsy bellboy from Four Rooms? The wailing criminal who gets shot in Reservoir Dogs? Or is it the psychology wiz in Lie to Me? The excellent British actor has played a litany of noteworthy characters, but top among them is not likely to be his role in Tim Burton's remake of Planet of the Apes. Regardless, his performance as General Thade gave him the opportunity to appear on-screen with Charlton Heston, a truly bittersweet experience considering it featured the controversial actor in one of his last roles.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Roth was at the 15th edition of the Luxembourg City Film Festival this week, where he offered a masterclass and also presented his latest feature film, Poison, a romantic drama he co-stars with Trine Dyrholm. The actor, who rose to...

Exclusive: Harry King TV is headed to Mip London with an antiques and collectibles-themed format after launching an unscripted division.

Harry King Unscripted will be the new wing of veteran scripted producer Nicholas Sercombe’s UK and U.S. production operation. It will focus on formats designed for digital and linear TV, using a “new talent- and format-first model” that seeks to combat the traditional commissioning slowdown.

Debuting through the unit later this month will be Curiosity, fronted by Antiques Roadshow expert Raj Bisram and comedian Henning Wehn. Set in an emporium that buys and sells outlandish collectibles and other items, Curiosity will see celebrity guests visiting to find trinkets, curios and gifts from owners Bisram and Wehn.

BAFTA- and Emmy-nominated David Meadows is attached as Dop, while Ian Bailey is the Production Designer.

Bisram is best known for TV...

In the age of streaming, there’s a widespread belief that every movie is available, all the time, everywhere. Don’t fall for it! Some of the greatest movies ever made are nowhere to be found due to everything from music rights snafus to corporate negligence. In this column, we take a look at films currently out-of-print on physical media and unavailable on any streaming platform in an effort to draw attention to them and say to their rights holders, “Release This!”

At the end of 1999, Entertainment Weekly ran a cover story titled “The Year That Changed Movies,” celebrating the abundance of highwire masterpieces that the American film industry seemed to be cranking out on a weekly basis that year. “Eyes Wide Shut,” “Magnolia,” “The Limey,” “Fight Club,” “Being John Malkovich,” “Election,” “Boys Don’t Cry”, “The Straight Story,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Bringing Out the Dead,” “The Matrix,” and “Three Kings” are just a random sampling,...

After the collapse of the studio system, when actors were finally given more autonomy regarding their careers and were much more free to choose the types of roles and films they'd appear in, the true test of an actor became what happened when and if they reached megastardom. Some stars love the limelight so much that they try and give their public what it is they think they want to see over and over again, and can find themselves feeling burned out or too typecast in the process. Others become much more reclusive, either outright refusing easy paycheck jobs or being extremely picky about their projects. Then there are those stars who manage to straddle the line between the commercial and artistic sides of their vocation, and are able to spin their newfound clout into a mixture of roles that demonstrate not only their range, but also their creative curiosity.

Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, and his Kill Bill films, are coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK this March. More here.

The work of Quentin Tarantino is decently represented on the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format, and after the releases we’re talking about here, there’s only Death Proof, Four Rooms, Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight that are going to be missing.

That’s because at the end of March, we get the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray debuts of Jackie Brown, Kill Bill Vol 1 and Kill Bill Vol 2. All three are coming our way courtesy of Lionsgate, and all three now have a UK release date of 31st March 2025.

You can find Jackie Brown and order a copy here.

Kill Bill Vol 1 is here.

And Kill Bill Vol 2 is right here.

In the first instance, each of them is being released in Steelbook collector’s sets.

From 2020 to 2022, Bruce Willis cranked out a huge number of movies, most of them low-budget sci-fi/action films that all went straight-to-video, and usually playing brief, supporting roles. The many films were, by and large, panned by critics and mocked by baffled fans, all of whom wondered by Willis didn't appear to have much on-camera dialogue, or why he wasn't the lead character. In three years, he appeared in 22 movies. 

In March of 2022, it was announced that Willis had been diagnosed with aphasia, a brain condition that affected his ability to speak and comprehend language. Many of the above fans expressed their deepest apologies, and even the Razzies, in a rare show of good taste, retraced Willis' Worst Actor nominations. Willis retired from acting because of his condition. In February 2023, Willis, now 69, was also diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, and he remains in the care of his family. 

Willis, of course,...

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight continues to deliver on his claims of delivering a high-level cast for Netflix's big-screen adaptation of the titular BBC series. The upcoming film adds a notable Oscar nominee to its ranks.

According to Deadline, the Peaky Blinders movie has added acclaimed actor Tim Roth to an increasingly star-studded cast. The Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction star joins the World War II-set film in an undisclosed role.

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Peaky Blinders was a hit Netflix series that ended on a high note. That said, a new movie is coming that will properly close out the series.

Roth earned Best Supporting Actor Oscar and Golden Globe nods for his portrayal of Archibald Cunningham in the 1995 historical biographical drama, Rob Roy, featuring alongside Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange. He appeared in other notable movies such as Four Rooms,...

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in Quentin Tarantino’s case, it seems a foot might be worth even more. The director’s alleged love for feet is no secret—it’s like a cherry on top of his already flamboyant directorial style. From the iconic ‘wiggle your big toe’ moment in Kill Bill to those foot massages in Pulp Fiction, the director, 61, has turned foot shots into a cinematic trademark.

Quentin Tarantino in Death Proof | Credit: Troublemaker Studios

And if you Google ‘Quentin Tarantino foot fetish’, you’ll be treated to a buffet of theories, articles, and enough foot-related banter to make even the most ardent shoe collector a little envious. Now, if you think this fascination is just smoke and mirrors, think again. We have evidence that’s both hilarious and heartwarming. One of his ardent female fans managed to get the director to autograph her feet,...

In the world of Hollywood, certain mistakes turn out to be cinematic masterpieces. Adding to this was the legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, who revealed in a past interview how Tim Roth landed his iconic role in his 1992 hit Reservoir Dogs.

Tim Roth in Reservoir Dogs (1992) || Credits: Miramax

What seemed like a perfect casting to the audience was, in reality, a major drunken mistake on the director’s part. But what seemed like a regret to him at the time actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise for both the A-listers.

How Quentin Tarantino’s Drunken Casting of Tim Roth Resulted in a Cinematic Gem? A still from Reservoir Dogs (1992) || Credits: Miramax

Both Quentin Tarantino and Tim Roth are legendary figures in their respective fields. But even before their career trajectories catapulted in Hollywood, the duo collaborated under rather unconventional circumstances. Roth’s iconic role as Mr. Orange in...

There was a time when Matt Damon was so renowned, his very name would give away the ending of a movie.

14 Gary Oldman

Oldman had on so much makeup in 2001’s Hannibal that he requested to “do it anonymously” for the theatrical release. But one Nathan Murray was credited as “Mr. Oldman's assistant,” which kind of gave away the game.

13 Matt Damon

Christopher Nolan thought having Damon’s name attached to 2014’s Interstellar would give away much of the story, because people would have a built-in expectation of him being a “good guy.”

12 Gene Hackman

Hackman had a big part in 1993’s The Firm, but Tom Cruise was given humongous billing that made his name the same size as the movie title in some instances. Upon learning that, Hackman was basically like: Screw it, don’t even credit me.

11 David Hyde Pierce

Pierce provided the voice for the character Abe Sapien in Hellboy,...

Spike Lee defends casting Madonna in Girl 6, saying he didn't care about backlash and she was the right choice. Madonna's acting career had mixed success, with hits like Desperately Seeking Susan and A League of Their Own, but also many flops. Girl 6 was another commercial and critical failure for Madonna, but Lee stands by his decision to cast her.

Spike Lee recalls the backlash he received after casting pop sensation Madonna in his 1996 critically mixed comedy, Girl 6. Released 28 years ago, Girl 6 followed the story of young actor Judy (Theresa Randle), who becomes disillusioned with her job after being asked to expose her breasts during an audition. Judy secures a new job at a call center, eventually finding a sense of purpose as a phone sex operator. Lee cast Madonna as boss #3 in the comedy, playing a well-manicured supervisor who fends off over-the-top requests from their clients.

As one of the most pure auteurs working in Hollywood today, Quentin Tarantino's films bear the unmistakable imprint of his vision and mad genius. He has written every movie that he's directed but also authored scripts produced by other filmmakers, which still carry that signature Tarantino style. His penchant for colorful dialog is a dead giveaway that he's had a hand in something.

Following the success of Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino became a hot commodity, and his unproduced screenplays were snapped up, but he was also given several uncredited writing gigs to punch up listless stories. From films as diverse as Crimson Tide to the SNL stinker, It's Pat, Tarantino has played the script doctor. The real meat of his career, however, is the interesting stories and eclectic characters that have flowed from his scripts to the big screen.

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Quentin Tarantino is one of our most renowned cinephiles, as illustrated by his encyclopedic knowledge of film history, genres, and Hollywood stars. He is mostly known for creating audacious films such as "Pulp Fiction" and the "Kill Bill" series. While he has co-directed other movies (such as "Four Rooms" and "Sin City"), it is Tarantino's originals that have left a distinct impact on popular culture.

But did you know that Tarantino has also dabbled in television directing? As "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood" demonstrated, he is just as savvy about television as he is about film, with a wide knowledge of its unique ecosystem and history. He brought this deep appreciation of television to his work on the eerie two-part season 5 finale of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" entitled "Grave Danger" in 2005. When the Los Angeles Times asked the wildly creative director if he felt "trapped by working within the confines of network television,...

The release of "Drive-Away Dolls" has been marked by most of the trades as the first solo directorial feature of Ethan Coen, following his brother Joel's 2021 outing with "The Tragedy of Macbeth." And sure, it's a catchy headline to acknowledge that one-half of one of cinema's greatest directorial partnerships is stepping out on his own, but that doesn't tell the full story. For one thing, Ethan Coen already made his solo directorial debut with the documentary "Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind." More importantly, "Drive-Away Dolls" may have Coen listed as the solo director, but if you ask him, this was yet another co-directed project, but this time with his wife and longtime Coen Bros. editor, Tricia Cooke.

Cooke first worked with the Coens as an editor on "Miller's Crossing" fresh out of film school, seeking out the job not because they were the esteemed directors of "Blood Simple" and Raising Arizona" fame,...

The working relationship between writer and director Quentin Tarantino and actor Tim Roth is excellent, going all the way back to Tarantino's first feature, "Reservoir Dogs." So when it came to his second film, "Pulp Fiction," Tarantino knew he wanted to have Roth involved in some capacity and was going to write a character in the film with him specifically in mind. That character wasn't the now-infamous Pumpkin, however, and the creation of Pumpkin and Amanda Plummer's character Honey Bunny had a whole lot to do with a hilarious request on Roth's part. It's hard to imagine "Pulp Fiction" without Pumpkin and Honey Bunny, who kick off the entire movie with their loving and slightly terrifying conversation immediately before holding up a diner at gunpoint. But according to both Roth and Tarantino, the pairing was somewhat serendipitous.

Apparently Tarantino was at the premiere of Plummer's film "The Fisher King,...

Quentin Tarantino's 10-movie retirement plan has been derailed by a forgotten film adaptation of a Roald Dahl story he directed in 1995. The film, Four Rooms, is an anthology with different segments directed by Tarantino and three other acclaimed directors. Although poorly received, Four Rooms should be recognized for bringing together talented directors, including Tarantino.

Quentin Tarantino's 10-movie promise has been one of his defining statements regarding the beloved filmmaker's career, but one movie has completely thrown this plan off track. Quentin Tarantino is one of the most well-respected directors of the modern era, with him being the filmmaker behind classic movies like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. Almost all of Tarantino's movies are household names, but one of his movies has completely slipped through the cracks.

For years now, Quentin Tarantino has publicly explained that he will retire after his tenth film. Tarantino's 10-film plan will climax with his next project,...

Clockwise from top left: El Mariachi (Columbia Pictures), Desperado (Sony), Spy Kids (Lionsgate), Alita: Battle Angel (Fox), Planet Terror (Scream Factory), Sin City (Paramount) Graphic: AVClub Hit or miss seems like the best way to describe Robert Rodriguez’s films. The indie darling-turned-hot shot action director famously raised a few...

Clockwise from top left: El Mariachi (Columbia Pictures), Desperado (Sony), Spy Kids (Lionsgate), Alita: Battle Angel (Fox), Planet Terror (Scream Factory), Sin City (Paramount)Graphic: AVClub

Hit or miss seems like the best way to describe Robert Rodriguez’s films. The indie darling-turned-hot shot action director famously raised a few...

Quentin Tarantino thinks a lot about filmographies. It began in his youth when he realized he could compare and contrast the efforts of a director like Howard Hawks—tracing his rise in crime pictures, a la Scarface (1932), on through everything from screwball comedy classics to efforts that helped define what film noir was. Tarantino has likewise carefully, and very self-consciously, curated his filmography as it led the way in defining the indie revolution of the ‘90s, and then went on its own genre detours in the 2000.

This is one of the main reasons he’s insisted he will only direct 10 films, thereby bequeathing to posterity a concise and tidily self-aware legacy (although this only works if you count the sprawling two volumes of Kill Bill as a single film). Unfortunately, this also means his time behind the camera is almost up, with nine pictures to his name and 10th and final film,...

Wes Anderson will adapt three additional Roald Dahl short stories, including "The Swan," "Poison," and "Ratcatcher," for "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" anthology. Anderson describes the short films as "very, very strange" and reveals that "Ratcatcher" comes from an obscure Dahl book set in rural England. Anderson expresses his opposition to censorship and editing of Dahl's works, stating that once a piece of art is done, it should not be modified, and that only the author should have the authority to make changes.

While speaking with press at the Venice Film Festival, auteur Wes Anderson revealed that he will adapt three additional Roald Dahl short stories to add to The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar anthology (via Variety). One of those stories, The Swan, is part of Dahl's short story collection The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More, published in 1977, while the other two, titled Poison and Ratcatcher,...

Where to Watch Powered by Timothy Olyphant reveals why Quentin Tarantino didn't direct any episodes of Justified: City Primeval. Tarantino considered directing a few episodes of the sequel miniseries, but had to back out due to his wife's pregnancy. Justified: City Primeval premiered on July 18 and is currently airing.

Justified: City Primeval star Timothy Olyphant has revealed the reason that Quentin Tarantino didn't direct any episodes of the new series. City Primeval, which premiered on July 18, is a sequel to the six-season FX series Justified, which was adapted from Elmore Leonard's stories about Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Olyphant). Although celebrated director Quentin Tarantino (who recently worked with Olyphant on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) considered directing a few episodes of the series, that did not come to fruition.

Olyphant recently appeared on an episode of Happy Sad Confused (which was conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike...

The animated sequel Puss in Boots: The Last Wish managed to top its predecessor in many ways with help from a star-studded voice cast portraying new and returning fairy tale characters. Released in 2022, the movie directly follows the 2011 Puss in Boots feature film (as well as a 2012 animated short and animated series running from 2015 to 2018), which itself was a spinoff from the Shrek franchise. Like its predecessor, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. This was befitting of its lead voice cast, which included one Oscar-winning actor and three additional Oscar nominees.

Only two of the main voice actors from the original Puss in Boots returned to reprise their roles, one of them being Antonio Banderas as the titular swashbuckling cat. In the sequel, Puss faces a number of foes, including a very deadly main villain, as he seeks out the...

There are few modern filmmakers with a voice as distinctive as Quentin Tarantino’s, a former video-store clerk who transformed his movie love into blockbuster, arthouse, genre-redefining masterpieces that kept grindhouse cinema alive while pushing nostalgia in bold directions.

With a career spanning 27 years and ten feature films (depending on how you count), Tarantino has made an indelible mark on cinema. And his hard-hitting, playful directorial style has, in all that time, made good films great, great films classics, and the faults in bad films sometimes harder to recognize.

Here, then, are Quentin Tarantino’s films from “Reservoir Dogs” to “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood,” ranked from the very worst to the very, very best:

10. “Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood” (2019)

Sharon Tate is a meaningless footnote in her own life story in Quentin Tarantino’s baffling and insulting ode to 1960s Hollywood. Tate is played by Margot Robbie,...

As two of the biggest names that the industry has ever had to offer, both Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez have seen their fair share of success throughout their years on the Hollywood scene. Tarantino is the most well-known, with Pulp Fiction (1994) going down as one of the best pictures ever put to the silver screen. But Rodriguez has had a few critical darlings as well, with even more financial success to boot.

They burst onto the Hollywood scene at the same time with projects of similar proportions. That is to say, their respective debuts in the 1990s weren’t just released at the same time — they were also two of the most successful independent films of the entire decade. But what’s most prominently worth noting herein is that their respective releases also mark the occasion in which these two directors first met and developed a budding friendship.

How...

When it comes to the films we associate him with, a lot has changed since the ‘90s when Robert Rodriguez was among the most exciting indie names in cinema with the inventive likes of “El Mariachi,” “From Dusk Till Dawn” and the best segment of the “Four Rooms” anthology. He now has several “Spy Kids” movies, high-profile music videos and middling efforts like “Alita: Battle Angel” under his belt, though this critic can’t help but think of him as the same scrappy independent auteur of decades past in search of a meaty, inventive story.

Which is why the Ben Affleck-starring “Hypnotic” looked and sounded exciting, at least on paper, signaling a brainy yet accessible neo-noir detective tale with an original Rodriguez spin. Sadly, the film is a tedious and erratically cut caper, whose shape-shifting story feels like an uneven and over-plotted rehash of various recognizable films that we’ve seen before.

Were you as impressed as we were when Dandelion raised her voice in song for the first time on “The Masked Singer”? She wowed us with her flawless cover of the Judy Garland classic “Over the Rainbow” on the April 5 episode. She then won over the judges with her Battle Royale performance of “(I’ve Got A) Golden Ticket” from “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.”

We’ve rewatched both of those performances by Dandelion and her clues package. Forget those guesses by the judges that Dandelion is Zooey Deschanel, Emmy Rossum or Reese Witherspoon. We are sure we know Dandelion’s true identity. Keep reading as we have all your “The Masked Singer” spoilers, including the answer to the question, “Who is Dandelion?”

We were convinced that Dandelion is Alicia Witt, the actress and singer. Don’t believe us? Besides the fact that the Dandelion sounds just like her, consider...

Back in the mid-1990s, Quentin Tarantino worked on a bit of a film oddity. It was a low-budget, black comedy anthology film called Four Rooms. Tarantino had just released Pulp Fiction, which made a staggering $200 million worldwide off of an $8 million budget. The film won Tarantino his first Oscar and launched him into the upper echelon of pop culture. In the case of Four Rooms, Tarantino partnered with some of his other filmmaker buddies, Alexandre Rockwell, Allison Anders, and Robert Rodriguez for this interesting, cameo-laden oddball adventure. Tarantino's segment in the film is the last one, "Penthouse - The Man From Hollywood," which features an uncredited cameo by none other than Bruce Willis. There are quite a few memorable appearances by notable talents throughout Four Rooms, such as Madonna in "The Secret Ingredient" and Antonio Banderas in "The Misbehavors," but Bruce Willis was probably the biggest star to appear in the film.

Punch is a coming-of-age drama directed by New Zealander Welby Ings and stars Tim Roth, newcomer Jordan Oosterhaf, and former professional surfer Conan Hayes.

Jim is a young but focused professional fighter and at just seventeen years old, wants nothing more than to make his demanding father proud. With his life on track for success, Jim meets Whetu, a gay Maori boy who spends his time in an old shack by the beach. Despite his dedication and self confidence, after meeting Whetu, Jim must confront the truth about his own sexuality and his choices.

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Tim Roth is an English actor, director and producer who has had a long and successful career in Hollywood. He first rose to prominence with his performance as Tim ‘Fool’ Condon in the 1985 film The Hit. Since then Tim has gone on to appear in numerous leading roles in films such as Reservoir Dogs,...

Tim Roth is an English actor, director and producer who has had a long and successful career in Hollywood. He first rose to prominence with his performance as Tim ‘Fool’ Condon in the 1985 film The Hit. Since then Tim has gone on to appear in numerous leading roles in films such as Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Planet of the Apes and The Incredible Hulk. Tim has also starred in television series such as Lie To Me and Tin Star. He won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama for his role as Cal Lightman in Lie To Me. Tim has directed several films including The War Zone, Little Odessa, Restless and Broken. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Short Film for his directing work on The War Zone. Tim is an active philanthropist and serves on the board of directors at Artists For...

Writer/director Quentin Tarantino and actor Tim Roth have had a long working relationship ever since 1992, and Roth has starred in Tarantino's very best movies. As Roth generally appeared in arthouse films in the '90s, that was no different when he took the lead role in Tarantino's debut movie, Reservoir Dogs. But that movie turned out to be a hit, reached a classic status that few other million-dollar budget movies do, and started an iconic actor-director relationship. Ever since the 1992 crime movie, the writer and director have always brought out the best in each other.

Tarantino often works with the same actors, whether it's Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, or Michael Madsen. But Roth is easily Tarantino's oldest and most regular collaborator when it comes to acting, as has starred in four of Tarantino's movies. Roth worked on Once Upon a Time in Hollywood too, even if the...

New Year’s Day and New Year’s Eve are not exactly known for having movies made about them, at least compared to the volumes of movies made about Christmas. However, there are some movies about that transition time and some of them are great to watch during that short period after Christmas and before life returns to the usual humdrum of work and responsibilities. Here are a few of our favorites:

Happy New Year, Charlie Brown! (1986)

Seemingly, every major holiday has a Charlie Brown special. Well, almost. New Year’s is not to be left out and got its own Charlie Brown special in 1986. While most folks will think of Charlie Brown as a Christmas cartoon or a Halloween one, this special is actually quite good. In the story, Charlie Brown doesn’t want to celebrate, he wants to be left alone so he can read “War and Peace”, however,...

The mean-spirited children’s books of Roald Dahl have, rather oddly, become indelible classics. That’s probably because Dahl — a former British espionage agent, and writer of even grimmer short stories for adults — was under no illusion that childhood was a wonderful time.

Books like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Matilda” and “The Witches” confirm what most children already suspected: that adults have a general disdain for kids, and that if kids were going to survive, they’d have to save themselves. At their best, adaptations of Dahl’s work capture that cynical spirit. At their worst, they fall prey to Dahl’s basest instincts, an unfortunate tendency towards bigoted portrayals and unhealthy themes.

When exploring every Roald Dahl movie, however, you can’t stop at the kids’ films. Dahl was also a screenwriter who adapted the works of other authors to the big screen, and not every filmmaker was...

(Los Angeles, CA) The dystopian science-fiction audio drama Broken Road, created by Fear The Walking Dead writer Jacob Pinion and Hero Mode producer E.J. Kavounas, has published its entire ten-episode first season, following a veteran struggling with obsolete military implants who teams up with a defiant farmer and her daughter against a corrupt, morally unhinged lawman. The first season has reached over 100K downloads.

Broken Road offers something for everyone: action-packed fight scenes, quiet moments of personal struggle, romantic tension, and human connection. At its core, it is a story of community-based resilience and resourcefulness in the face of unrelenting corporate greed and seemingly insurmountable forces. Based on the short story “Patience Lake” by Matthew Claxton, writers Pinion and Kavounas were inspired by the subject.

“I was drawn to the stark juxtaposition of near-future sci-fi within a grounded, human story about survival and the refusal to let go of the American dream,...

Bruce Willis was unquestionably one of the biggest movie stars of the 1990s, but it's difficult to think of another actor of his stature who racked up, and survived, more box-office bombs during their commercial heyday. Between 1990 and 1995, he appeared in more flops than hits. Any one of "The Bonfire of the Vanities," "Hudson Hawk," "Billy Bathgate," "North," "Color of Night" and "Four Rooms" could've killed his career. But when things were at their bleakest, he'd bounce back as John McClane or knock out an unexpectedly brilliant film like "12 Monkeys," and all would be forgiven.

Much ink has been spilled recounting the nightmarish productions of most of the above titles, but "Striking Distance" has generally flown under the radar since its September 17, 1993 release. Perhaps this is because the 30 million production offset its poor domestic 24 million take with a respectable 53 million international gross. Or maybe it's due to the Rowdy Herrington...

Few filmmakers could — and even fewer should — attempt what writer-director Quentin Tarantino has accomplished across his three decades of movie-making magic. Armed with an appetite for ultra-violent action, a knack for crafting dialogue sharper than a samurai sword, an infectious appreciation for the art of filmmaking, and, yes, a bit of a thing for feet, the two-time Oscar winner famously said: “You don’t have to know how to make a movie. If you truly love cinema with all your heart and with enough passion, you can’t help but make a good movie.”

Though he was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and spent some years living in Austin, Texas (where the legendary director hosted an annual movie festival called “Qt Fest” from 1996 to 2007), Tarantino grew up mainly in Los Angeles, California. As a young man, Tarantino was a staple of the now-closed Video Archives rental store in Manhattan Beach, where he worked while writing,...

Of all the filmmakers of the modern era, few have such a recognizable style as Quentin Tarantino. Of course, Qt is known to switch things up from time to time, based on the period he wants to emulate in his films. But whether he's paying homage to the martial arts films of the Shaw Brothers, or delivering his own spin on the spaghetti Westerns of the '60s, Tarantino rarely strays from his heightened, highly-stylized look. That's not to say that Tarantino can't apply restraint, or even nuance if he feels so inclined. Compared to the pulpy energy of "Django Unchained" or the "Kill Bill" duology, "Jackie Brown" is uncharacteristically chill. It was only his third feature — directly following "Pulp Fiction" — but even then it was considered pretty understated for ol' Tarantino.

"Jackie Brown" follows the exploits of the titular flight attendant (the legendary Pam Grier) as she attempts to...

For more than a year, Jennifer Beals has been dying to talk with anyone outside her family about her role on the new “Star Wars” series “The Book of Boba Fett.”

“I wanted to tell everybody and I couldn’t tell anyone,” she says to Variety in her first interview about the show.

Fans have known next to nothing about the Disney Plus series — which is executive produced by Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni and frequent episode director Robert Rodriguez — ever since it was announced with a surprise post-credits scene at the end of the Season 2 finale of “The Mandalorian.” In the scene, Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) and Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) saunter into the late Jabba the Hutt’s compound, where Boba kills Bib Fortuna (Matthew Wood) and takes over Jabba’s criminal organization.

Since then, however, Lucasfilm has shrouded the show with its customary veil of secrecy, including who...

Alexandre Rockwell’s semi-improvised film, which stars his wife and children, is imperfectly plotted but brilliantly acted

Here is a drama about kids trying to escape abusive environments, shot mostly in black and white, written and directed by Alexandre Rockwell, who was once going to be the next big thing after early hit In the Soup and contributing a quarter to portmanteau work Four Rooms. But he struggled to get his subsequent films airborne: none were big, or even medium-sized, hits. Tiny and intimate, Sweet Thing isn’t likely to do boffo box-office either, but this small, delicate, late-blooming film is quite lovely, and a throwback to the 1990s/2000s craze for semi-improvised, rough and ready indie film-making.

Related: Sweet Thing director Alexandre Rockwell: ‘Weinstein was eating hot dogs like sushi, while a student rubbed oil on his lemon-sized boils’...

” My ass may be dumb, but I ain’t no dumbass. “

This Friday, July 10th, Tarantino’s Jackie Brown will play for a week at The Galleria Cinema in St. Louis For more info and showtimes, go Here

When Jackie Brown was released 23 years ago expectations were off the charts. It had been three and a half long years since Quentin Tarantino had rocked the movie world with the one-two punch of Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994). Since then he had laid relatively low, directing a segment of the anthology Four Rooms, writing the vampire hybrid From Dusk Til Dawn, and performing several forgettable “acting” roles (remember Destiny Turns On The Radio? ……didn’t think so.) I remember my own expectations and anticipation for Jackie Brown when I first heard that Tarantino had cast ebony action icon Pam Grier in the lead. I assumed that he was going to take...

Shane may be the resident heartthrob of “The L Word,” but no character more embodies Showtime’s Los Angeles-set lesbian melodrama than Bette Porter. Accomplished, stubborn, magnetic, and self-destructive, Bette instantly became the archetypical 21st century “power dyke.” She fills out a Jil Sander power suit as confidently as she tops her pregnant wife; casually drops names of the myriad women artists in her private collection; and now — added to her resume for the show’s next iteration, “The L Word: Generation Q” — runs a savvy mayoral campaign.

Of course, there would be no Bette Porter without Jennifer Beals. A luminous and deeply intelligent actor, Beals’ naturalism, humor, and deeply felt performance grounded the original series, spearheading its ascension beyond mere sexy soap opera, and cementing its place as the most influential piece of lesbian culture of the 21st century.

The role has defined the last decade of Beals’ career...

Can you imagine Reservoir Dogs without Michael Madsen as Mr. Blonde? That almost happened, when Michael Madsen very seriously considered walking away from the classic gangster pic, which also happens to mark the official directorial debut of Quentin Tarantino. The actor didn't want to die on screen at the hands of an unknown, which happened at the time to be a young Tim Roth. He wanted his character to be killed by seasoned actor and Martin Scorsese alum Harvey Keitel.

Mr. Blonde eventually meets his ultimate demise at the hands of Tom Roth's undercover cop Mr. Orange, during the thrilling climax of Reservoir Dogs. But Michael Madsen had decided he was ready to walk if he didn't have it a different way. This new info comes courtesy of the new documentary QT8: The First Eight, which chronicles the first 8 movies in Tarantino's filmography as a director. Madsen says this...

Quentin Tarantino is entering the next stage of his life: fatherhood.

The acclaimed director, 56, is expecting his first child with wife Daniella, People confirmed on Thursday.

“Daniella and Quentin Tarantino are very delighted to announce that they are expecting a baby,” the couple said in an exclusive statement to People.

The writer-director met Daniella, who is the daughter of Israeli singer and songwriter Tzvika Pick, in 2009 while promoting his film Inglorious Basterds. The pair got engaged in June 2017, after dating for about a year. Tarantino and Daniella tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles on November 2018.

While...

British actor Tim Roth is to receive the Honorary Heart of Sarajevo Award in recognition of his “exceptional contribution to the art of film.” The ceremony at the Sarajevo Film Festival will be held on Tuesday. He will hold a masterclass on the same day.

His first screen role was the lead in the controversial Prix Italia award-winning TV movie “Made in Britain.” Roth’s second project came immediately after, starring in Mike Leigh’s critically acclaimed film “Meantime.” As his success continued, Roth starred in more than 15 film and television projects including Stephen Frears’ “The Hit,” for which he won the Standard Award for best newcomer, Peter Greenaway’s “The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover,” Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead” and Robert Altman’s “Vincent and Theo,” in which he portrayed Vincent Van Gogh.

Roth gained worldwide recognition for his roles in two Quentin Tarantino films,...

David Crow Jul 29, 2019

We unpack the post-credits scene in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and how it builds on Quentin Tarantino's shared universe.

Who doesn’t love a shared universe? Oh sure, Disney and Marvel Studios would have you believe these days that they invented the concept, but films have been doing it since at least Universal Pictures’ iconic run of monster movies in the 1930s and ‘40s. And Quentin Tarantino has always been a quiet fan of world-building, with all or most of his films existing in the same universe since at least ‘94. This includes Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Even as this latest movie is an elegiac love letter to a time gone by—if they existed at all—there is no denying that Tarantino’s meticulously researched recreation of late ‘60s Tinseltown is also a fantasy. The ending pivots on the idea of this being a genuine fairytale,...

Quentin Tarantino movies may be a nightmare for some in the scoring community — who’d be out of work if every other director adopted his approach of almost exclusively using existing songs and score — but they’re a dream for just about anyone else who loves music. From Steelers Wheel in “Reservoir Dogs” to the Paul Revere & the Raiders or the Royal Guardsmen in “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” he’s always had the right impulse for finding B or C-list tracks of yore and elevating them to grade-a memes via their unlikely marriage to unforgettable contemporary scenes.

His longstanding partner in this is Mary Ramos, who worked as a music coordinator on his first two features and then has been upped to music supervisor on every film since. Variety spoke with Ramos about her work on movies like “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained” and, now, the joys of...

Chrisley Knows Best producer Maverick Television has hired How Clean is Your House and Four Rooms exec Hannah Brownhill as Creative Director.

This follows the departure of Emily Dollman to Peter Fincham and Tim Hincks’ Expectation Entertainment.

Brownhill will take up the role at the All3Media indie in May, reporting to Maverick’s Chief Executive Officer, Simon Knight. She joins from Warner Bros-owned Renegade Pictures, where she was Director of Development. At Renegade, she worked on its factual entertainment slate including development projects for Channel 4, BBC and UKTV’s W, while at Fremantle-owned Boundless Productions, she worked on series Would Like to Meet, House Doctor, How Clean is Your House, Four Rooms and Great British Railway Journeys as well as The Week the Landlords Moved In, An Hour To Save A Life, Worlds Toughest Jobs, House Doctor Returns and Secrets In My Family.

Maverick produces series including Operation...

Robert Rodriguez has come a long way from his micro-budget breakout feature — a landmark of American independent cinema — in terms of scope and technology, but his interest in genre storytelling and satirical sensibilities have prevailed regardless of the resources at his disposal. The Mexican-American director has dabbled in ultra-violent homages to B-movies, family-friendly adventures, and graphic novel adaptations, as well as their respective and numerous sequels. Results vary in success, but his movie-loving imprint is always indelible. Are his films better when working with untested material and less financial certainty? A look at his filmography might reveal the answer:

18. “Four Rooms” (1995)

In an atrocious performance as a neurotic bellhop, Tim Roth binds together the quartet of farcical hotel-set short stories that form this ill-conceived anthology. Rodriguez’s segment, “The Misbehavers,” sees unsupervised minors getting their chaperone in trouble. It’s not utterly insufferable, as it comes across like an R-rated...

Hulu’s slate of new titles arriving on the platform in November is here.

“Wonder,” starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and Jacob Tremblay, will arrive on Hulu Nov. 2. The movie, based on the novel of the same name, tells the story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

The complete series of “Married with Children” will arrive on the platform on Nov. 9, and the Season 1 premiere of “The Bisexual” will drop on Nov. 16. The “Oceans” trilogy will also become available, beginning Nov. 1.

Also Read: Hulu in Talks to Create a Smaller, More Affordable TV Bundle

Here’s the complete list of titles coming to and leaving Hulu below.

Available Nov. 1

K: Complete Season 2 (Dubbed) (Viz)

Sailor Moon: Complete Season 3 (Dubbed) (Viz)

Six: Complete Season 2 (History)

10 to Midnight (1983)

28 Days Later (2002)

2001 Maniacs (2005)

The Accused (1988)

The Adventures of Priscilla,...

Add pioneering indie filmmaker Robert Rodriguez to the list of former Harvey Weinstein associates now condemning the fallen media mogul. Rodriguez released a statement to Deadline:

“I find the behavior of Harvey Weinstein truly disgusting, both what he did and how he covered his tracks, and it makes me wonder how many others can’t come forward and tell their full story because of legal and personal intimidation. His repulsive behavior was an abuse of power. Thankfully, he’s now discovering what true power is.”

Rodriguez has a long history with Weinstein, starting with 1995’s “Four Rooms,” which was distributed by Miramax, and then franchises such as “From Dusk Till Dawn,” “The Faculty,” “Spy Kids,” and “Sin City,” which came out through the Weinsteins’ Dimension Films label.

However, TWC also released Rodriguez’s “Grindhouse” in 2007. That film starred his then-girlfriend, Rose McGowan, who is among the scores of women who...